It has been more than 4 years since I started working with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA), a Haitian NGO that works to improve the lives of Haitian smallholder farmers while at the same time reforesting the country. My first work for the SFA was the Haiti...

Some people, when they first hear about our organic cotton project in Haiti, ask me: what are you doing to make sure the farmers are treated well? Are they getting a fair wage? Some people go further than that, asking how this project is any different from the old...

Timberland’s work with us to reintroduce cotton farming to Haiti was recently honored with the US Chamber of Commerce Citizenship Award for the Best Economic Empowerment Program. The company edged out other companies like Accenture, Entergy Corporation, and UBS....

About three months ago, with the support of Timberland, we started field trials to test possible varieties of cotton for sustainable cotton production in Haiti. Three months in, our first varieties are starting to flower: a small, but important step as we work on...

It’s been in the making for a while, but this week saw the official start of the Haiti Cotton Project, a major project that reintroduces sustainable cotton to Haiti. The launch of the project comes following the Haiti Cotton Study, which I conducted late last...

Some of you may know that over the past years I’ve been quite involved with the Moringa ‘miracle’ tree. One of the main projects I’ve done with Moringa has been in Haiti, together with an organization called the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA). For the past years...

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I am Chris, a certified permaculture designer, sustainable development professional and DIYer. I like to grow, inside and out. I work on growing positive impact and finding solutions that go beyond sustainable.